Faculty & Staff Articles

Development and promotion of a Web-based venue to help students and employees collaboratively cut through "information chaos" on Pennsylvania College of Technology's campuses was the subject of a recent staff presentation at the Ninth Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Baltimore. Wendy A.

Julie A. Stager, a certified billing and coding specialist and instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro, recently was chosen to take part in the National Healthcareer Association test-item writing workshop, held March 7-8 in Kansas City, Mo.

A member of the physics faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a talk at the 59th Annual Conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers Central Pennsylvania Section. David S.

PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Brian Parker, full-time Electrician/Maintenance Worker, General Services, effective April 4

Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member Nancy A. Grausam was a co-presenter during a Feb. 4 webinar for postsecondary early childhood education faculty.

Brian M. McKeon, department head for natural sciences in Penn College's School of Integrated Studies,returns to the Community Theatre League stage as"Mack" in "A Family Plot," which begins a two-week run Friday at the 100 W. Third St. venue.

The Gardasil vaccine for human papillomavirus is available free to walk-ins at the Student Health Center (CC, Room 150) from 8-11 a.m. and 2-7 p.m. daily. Gardasil is a vaccine indicated for the prevention of cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers; precancerous or dysplastic lesions; and genital warts caused by HPV Types 6, 11, 16 and 18.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's director of radiography recently served as a reviewer for a radiographic technology textbook. Robert Slothus completed a review of "Principles of Radiographic Imaging: An Art and a Science, Fifth Edition." He offered insight on the book's content and format. The book, written by Richard R. Carlton and Arlene M.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences recently received a doctorate in education. Michael P. Covone, assistant professor of applied health studies, received his doctorate in March from Walden University.

As winter soon gives way to gardening season, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library offers a timely presentation to help green thumbs differentiate between beneficial and baneful backyard growth. Horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. will present a free, public forum "Plants: Friend or Foe?" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in the library's second-floor reading loft.